# tinyudp [](https://github.com/vikpe/tinyudp/actions/workflows/test.yml) [](https://crates.io/crates/tinyudp) [](https://docs.rs/tinyudp/)
> A tiny abstraction for UDP in Rust
## Overview
```rust
tinyudp::send(address: impl ToSocketAddrs, message: &[u8]) -> Result<usize>
tinyudp::read(address: impl ToSocketAddrs, options: &ReadOptions) -> Result<Vec<u8>>
tinyudp::send_and_read(address: impl ToSocketAddrs, message: &[u8], read_options: &ReadOptions) -> Result<Vec<u8>>
struct ReadOptions {
pub timeout: Option<Duration>,
pub buffer_size: usize,
}
```
## Usage
### Send
```rust
tinyudp::send("quake.se:28000", &b"hello")?;
```
### Read
```rust
let options = tinyudp::ReadOptions{
timeout: Some(Duration::from_secs(1)),
buffer_size: 8 * 1024,
};
let response = tinyudp::read("quake.se:28000", &options)?;
```
### Send and read
```rust
let options = tinyudp::ReadOptions{
timeout: Some(Duration::from_secs(1)),
buffer_size: 8 * 1024,
};
match tinyudp::send_and_read("quake.se:28000", &b"hello", &options) {
Ok(response) => {
println!("response: {:?}", response);
},
Err(e) => {
println!("error: {:?}", e);
},
};
```